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NARUC is the national association representing the State Public Service Commissioners who regulate essential utility services in your State. NARUC members are responsible for assuring reliable utility service at fair, just, and reasonable rates.

Founded in 1889, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to representing the State public service commissions who regulate the utilities that provide essential services such as energy, telecommunications, water, and transportation.

NARUC's standing committees propose resolutions that set Association policy on Congressional, Federal, and Industry matters. The committees also hold educational sessions and panel discussions on relevant issues in order to best serve NARUC members.

NARUC's International Programs are largely funded in cooperation with the USAID. These programs provide information exchanges with energy regulators in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America/Caribbean.

NARUC participates in several collaborative efforts with our federal counterparts - FERC and FCC. These programs cut across the energy and telecommunications regulatory landscape and are geared to ensuring that consumers are receiving the highest quality of service at fair, just and reasonable prices.

If you are looking for expert resources on electricity, the Smart Grid, broadband deployment, natural gas, consumer protection, and other relevant issues, please contact Rob Thormeyer, NARUC's Communications Director, at 202-898-9382, or rthormeyer@naruc.org

For Reporters: NARUC's Communications Office is ready to assist you as you cover energy and telecommunications issues. Because our members regulate both energy and telecommunications companies, NARUC is a unique resource offering insight on both of these dynamic industries.

NARUC's affiliates provide members a smaller, regional outfit for discussing more local issues that may not necessarily rise to the full membership's attention. Aside from the five U.S. regulatory affiliates, there are two International organizations as well as smaller, informal bodies that focus on specific industry issues.

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WASHINGTON—The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners issued the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on inmate calling:

“On behalf of the nation’s State utility regulators, we applaud the Federal Communications Commission for taking this action. NARUC passed a resolution in November calling on the FCC to prohibit unreasonable interstate rates and charges for inmate telephone service. The cost of interstate prison phone calls ranges up to more than $17.00 for a 15-minute call. Incredibly, it is less expensive for a consumer in the U.S. to call overseas than it is to accept a collect phone call from a prisoner in another State. Excessive interstate rates mainly affect prisoners’ family members and loved ones– who have no other option but to pay the rates, as phone calls are the primary means of communication. We urge the FCC to act quickly on this matter. In addition, we also thank Commissioner Mignon Clyburn for her leadership and persistence on this issue”--NARUC President Philip Jones of Washington, NARUC Committee on Telecommunications Chair John Burke of Vermont, and Commissioner Anne Boyle of Nebraska, sponsor of the NARUC resolution

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NARUC is a non-profit organization founded in 1889 whose members include the governmental agencies that are engaged in the regulation of utilities and carriers in the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. NARUC's member agencies regulate telecommunications, energy, and water utilities. NARUC represents the interests of State public utility commissions before the three branches of the Federal government.